Lecture

Political debate is today dominated by concerns over fake news and political manipulation. And yet, for the best part of the past hundred years, Western publics have been exposed to widespread and systematic persuasion campaigns, often involving deception and manipulation. In his lecture Piers Robinson will pose the questions of how we come to be manipulated by such campaigns and (how/if) we can defend ourselves against them.

Prof. Dr. Piers Robinson is Chair in Politics, Society and Political Journalism in the Department of Journalism Studies at the University of Sheffield (UK). Previosuly, he was Senior Lecturer in International Politics at the University of Manchester (2005-2011) as well as Lecturer in Political Communication at the University of Liverpool (1999-2005). His research focus is the nexus of communication, media and world politics with particular attention on areas and strategies of conflict and war.